Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, Volume 3J. Murray, 1840 - Great Britain |
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... Louis XVIII . quits Paris . Difference between Lord Grey and Lord Grenville . Bonaparte . Regent's message to the - - - - - ― Houses of Parliament . Scotch Jury Bill ; CONTENTS .
... Louis XVIII . quits Paris . Difference between Lord Grey and Lord Grenville . Bonaparte . Regent's message to the - - - - - ― Houses of Parliament . Scotch Jury Bill ; CONTENTS .
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... XVIII . 22d , Wed. After twelve days of most painful Louis and increasing anxiety , though with fallacious quits Paris . hopes now and then held out that the great body of the French nation would remain faithful to the King , and that ...
... XVIII . 22d , Wed. After twelve days of most painful Louis and increasing anxiety , though with fallacious quits Paris . hopes now and then held out that the great body of the French nation would remain faithful to the King , and that ...
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... Louis XVIII . re - entered Paris . ) 12th , Wed. Parliament prorogued . Parliament prorogued . Aug. 3d , Th . Bonaparte has now been a short Bonaparte , time in this country , but has not been permitted 1815 . 191 HIS PARLIAMENTARY LIFE .
... Louis XVIII . re - entered Paris . ) 12th , Wed. Parliament prorogued . Parliament prorogued . Aug. 3d , Th . Bonaparte has now been a short Bonaparte , time in this country , but has not been permitted 1815 . 191 HIS PARLIAMENTARY LIFE .
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... Louis XVIII . on the throne : that the faith of Government had been pledged , on this point , to France , as well as to England ; and that the most solemn assurances had been given the French that we would not interfere with their ...
... Louis XVIII . on the throne : that the faith of Government had been pledged , on this point , to France , as well as to England ; and that the most solemn assurances had been given the French that we would not interfere with their ...
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... Louis XVIII . would be best consulted by lulling the people into a fatal security , that the pretensions of the Allies to seat him on the throne were not to be openly avowed , till all resistance to them should have become impossible ...
... Louis XVIII . would be best consulted by lulling the people into a fatal security , that the pretensions of the Allies to seat him on the throne were not to be openly avowed , till all resistance to them should have become impossible ...
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Page 343 - Licence they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that must first be wise and good ; But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth and loss of blood.
Page 329 - Committee of the House of commons, appointed to inquire into the high price of gold bullion, &c.
Page 47 - Judgment shall have been had, shall be ; and in case Admission shall be refused or not obtained within a reasonable time after it shall have been first demanded, to enter by Force by Day...
Page 302 - Lordship should not propose to attend in person at the next general quarter sessions of the peace, .to be holden in and for the county...
Page 172 - ... article of the present treaty, shall have been attained ; nor until Buonaparte shall have been rendered absolutely unable to create disturbance, and to renew his attempts for possessing himself of the supreme power in France.
Page 222 - However solicitous the Prince Regent must be to see his most Christian Majesty restored to the throne, and however anxious he is to contribute, in conjunction with his allies, to so auspicious an event, he nevertheless deems himself called upon to make this declaration on the exchange of the ratifications, as well in consideration of what is due to his most Christian Majesty's interests in France, as in conformity to the principles upon which the British government has invariably regulated its conduct.
Page 32 - Winchelsea moved for the appointment of a select committee of the House of Commons "to inquire into the state of education of the lower orders of the metropolis...
Page 354 - French police : — Let us recollect that we are the same Parliament which sanctioned the issuing of a circular letter to the magistracy of the country, by a Secretary of State, urging them to...
Page 79 - British legislature, and concluded with moving for leave to bring in a bill to repeal so much of the act of the 6th of George I.
Page 354 - Ministers for the abuses and violations of the laws of which they had been guilty, in the exercise of the authority vested in them : — Let us recollect that we are the same Parliament which refused to inquire into the grievances stated in the numerous petitions and memorials with which our table groaned ; that we turned a deaf ear to the complaints of the oppressed ; that we even amused ourselves with their sufferings : — Let us recollect that we are the same Parliament which sanctioned the use...